Combination envelop and inclosure.



PATENTED APR. 14, 1908.

. KEEGAN J COMBINATION ENVELOP AND INOLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED APE-5.1907.

T0 SEAL D PE/Y HERE WITNESSES ru: noRRls PETER; co.. wAsmNcroN. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES I. KEEGAN, OF SOMERS CENTER, NEW YORK.

COMBINATION ENVELOP AND INCLOSURE.

To all whom it may concer/rt:

Be it known that I, JAMES P. KEEGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Somers Center, in the county of Westchester and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a CombinationEnvelop and Inclosure, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combination envelops and inclosures 5 and hasfor its objects g to provide a construction whereby the entire contentsof the inclosure may be seen without removing the inclosure fromthevenvelop; to provide an arrangement whereby only a portion of theinclosure may be observed at one time; to provide an arrangement wherebythe stamp aiiiXed forms the seal of the envelop; to provide an inclosurewherein the printed or written matter is on one continuous line; andfinally, to provide a novel and convenient arrangement of parts designedto attract attention and insure the reading of the inclosure. These andother objects are accomplished by my invention, one embodiment of whichis shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a plan viewof the front of the device, the iiap over the reading opening b'eingclosed.

Figure 2 open,

Figure 3 is a section on the lines III-III of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a plan view of the inclosure as it appears when removed fromthe envelop.

Referring to the drawings, l is the envelop, which is preferably made ofstiff paper and closed on three of its edges, and 2 is a circularinclosure, which is rotatably mounted in the envelop 1 by means of theeyelet 3, andhas one edge projecting through the open edge of theenvelop as indicated in Figures l and 2, whereby the inclosure may berotated by the fingers. The envelop is provided with a reading opening4, which opening is designed to be c osed by the flap 5, which flap isheld closed in transmission bysmeans of the stamp aflixed at the pointindicated in Figure 1. As shown in Figure 4 the inclosure is providedwith a spiral line 6, and an inscription following such line about inthe form of a is a similar view with the flap Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed April 5, 1907.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Serial No. 366,519.

spiral. It will be noted that this inscription reads from the left tothe right and progresses inwardly towards the center of the part 2. Thisinscription may be read in its entirety through the opening 4 bycommencing at the lpart marked start and gradually rotating the part 2until the whole length of the spiral has been carried past the opening4. By providing an opening and a flap 5 on the back-of the envelop 1,the rear side of the part 2 may be utilized for an inscription in thesame way as the front side. The inclosure may be utilized for printedmatter as shown in Figure 4, or the blank space between the lines may beused for script or other symbols as desired, and if desired evenpictures might be placed in succession upon lthe inclosure, and thedevice be used as a picture-post-card. The printing on the face ofthepart 2, may be done by a special attachment to a typewriter, or by aspecially constructed press.

Having thus described my invention and illustrated its use, what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the following 1. Incombination, an envelop provided with an opening in one side, and aninclosure rotatably mounted and provided with an inscri tion arrangedspirally to encircle the axis o rotation a plurality of times, all soarranged that the inscription may be made to pass the opening in theside of the envelop by a repeated rotation of the inclosure.

2. In combination, an envelop provided with an opening in one side and aiiap for covering the opening in position to be held by the stamp, andan inclosure rotatably mounted and provided with a spiral line for theinscription encircling the aXis of rotation a plurality of times, and soarranged that the inscription may be made to pass the opening in theside of the envelop, by a repeated rotation of the inclosure.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence ofthe two subscribed witnesses.

JAMES P. KEEGAN.

Witnesses:

F. E. GAITHER, J. C. BRADLEY.

